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Partnerships for sustainable shrimp aquaculture
Start date:2009-06-01
End date:2013-05-31
Project Acronym:PASSA
Project status:Execution
Coordinator
| Organization name:UNIVERSITA DEL SALENTO | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Raffaele |
PIAZZETA TANCREDI 7 LECCE ITALIA Region:SUD PUGLIA Lecce |
| Tel:+39-0832298866 | |
| Fax:+39-0832324220 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL: | Organization Type:Education |
Description
Objective:
Aquaculture effluents represent a main environmental concern because of their high polluting potential. While fish farms of advanced countries adopt a medium/high-tech approach to this issue, less industrialised countries rely on low-tech systems, if any. Shrimp culture is an important economic sector in which Asian countries are the main producers/exporters and industrialised countries are the main importers/consumers. Asian aquaculture makes up almost 80% of world shrimp (P. monodon and P. vannamei) production. As most of the shrimp farms have serious negative impacts on environment caused by waste effluents containing pollutants, one of the main needs of Asian shrimp culture is the implementation of advanced effluent management systems which can burst the rearing efficiency up to manifold increase of production, reducing the environmental impact. On the other hand, EU aquaculture, which possesses a large know-how on intensive fish farming, lacks of intensive shrimp culture because the only species reared (P. japonicus) can be grown only in extensive plants. The present project envisages a complementary cross-exchange of their know-how and competencies in the field of shrimp culture between EU and Indian researchers. Respective aims are: (i) the implementation of cost-effective systems for the treatment of shrimp farm effluent to reduce the environmental impact of Indian commercial aquaculture; (ii) the implementation of closed systems for the reproduction and growth of new shrimp species (P. monodon and P. vannamei) suitable for intensive rearing in EU aquaculture. Available systems and applicable technology will be considered for application and their efficiency to prevent recipient ecosystem pollution will be verified and monitored through analytic characterisation of water, waste and the recipient ecosystems. Specific dissemination and training actions for will be performed to extend the knowledge to researchers, operators and policy makers of India and EU.
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Project Details
Start date:2009-06-01
End date:2013-05-31
Duration:48 months
Project Reference:230847
Project cost:144000 EURO
Project Funding:144000 EURO
Programme Acronym:
FP7-PEOPLE
Programme type:Seventh Framework Programme
Subprogramme Area:Marie Curie Action "International Research Staff Exchange Scheme"
Contract type:No contract type
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Subject index:Education, Training
Other Indexes:Animal breeding,fisheries and aquaculture interactions),Wastewater treatment,Water re-use,Aquaculture technology,Coastal zone management,Environmental impacts (Environment
Other participants
Record control number:91225
